'The status quo is like running back into a condemned house'

Eddie Wigglesworth of the IRFU is determined to sell the new league format  and to ensure he enjoys the passionate debate

The All Ireland League has known turbulence in its time but in its troubled recent history there can surely have been nothing to compare with the happenings of the past week. On Tuesday, the IRFU announced details of their way forward for the competition, a plan that was met with horror and anger in club land. The Second and Third Division clubs met on Wednesday night to discuss it and broke up in the same confused state that has blurred their vision from the start of this debate.

The next evening, the more militant First Division clubs came together in Dublin and voted 13-2 to reject it out of hand. Implicit in their statement was an intention to fight this proposal to the bitter end.

In the next fortnight all three divisions will meet as one in an effort to gain unity — something they should have done a long time